Lot
721

A Study Collection of Coins of the British East India Company and British India, all with old tickets. Zimbabwe, pattern decimal set, 1980, struck at the South Africa Mint, Dollar - Cent (7), all with common obverse, a bird sculpture dividing date, with exception of the Dollar all with initials LDL (Lourens de Lange) and ZIMBABWE-RHODESIA below; reverses: Dollar, Zimbabwe Ruins, 50-Cents, Victoria Falls, 20-Cents, Disa Flower, 10-Cents, Dessert Tree, 5-Cents, Rhodesian Parrot Bird, 2-Cents, laurel wreath, Cent, similar; together with a currency set, 1980, (6), without the 2-Cents (not issued for circulation), all uncirculated, the first set exceedingly rare (13)

A Study Collection of Coins of the British East India Company and British India, all with old tickets. Zimbabwe, pattern decimal set, 1980, struck at the South Africa Mint, Dollar - Cent (7), all with common obverse, a bird sculpture dividing date, with exception of the Dollar all with initials LDL (Lourens de Lange) and ZIMBABWE-RHODESIA below; reverses: Dollar, Zimbabwe Ruins, 50-Cents, Victoria Falls, 20-Cents, Disa Flower, 10-Cents, Dessert Tree, 5-Cents, Rhodesian Parrot Bird, 2-Cents, laurel wreath, Cent, similar; together with a currency set, 1980, (6), without the 2-Cents (not issued for circulation), all uncirculated, the first set exceedingly rare (13)

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Lot Essay

After Independence it was assumed that Musorewa/Ian Smith would win the election, but Mugabe won an unexpected victory. South Africa then lost the opportunitiy to supply the new coinage and the Royal Mint won the contract.